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Passover is more than just another holiday for Allentown native Andy Goldfarb. It's one filled with fascinating cultural history, long-standing traditions and magical family memories. "I always loved Passover with my family," says Goldfarb, who now lives in Boston and works as a venture capitalist. Goldfarb's passion for Passover traditions led him to create a new website, breakingmatzo.com, which celebrates every aspect of the Jewish holiday. This year, Passover begins Friday at sundown and ends at sundown on April 11. The holiday commemorates the Jews' liberation by God from slavery in Egypt. Goldfarb's site is devoted to every aspect of Passover,...

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Passover is more than just another holiday for Allentown native Andy Goldfarb.
It's one filled with fascinating cultural history, long-standing traditions and magical family memories.
"I always loved Passover with my family," says Goldfarb,...

The Skype connection was made, and about 30 middle school students at the Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley waved to their counterparts on a projection screen.
"Shalom," some of them said, their hands waving into the camera.
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The first time I ever attended an American Passover Seder almost four decades ago, I experienced a wonderful sense of deja vu when dinner was served after the ritual retelling of the Exodus from Egypt. Yes, the matzo balls, also known by the Yiddish...

Wheat flour isn't permitted during the Passover holiday, which can be a challenge for making desserts. Also, the Seder meal has so many courses that often my guests don't want a heavy dessert. I have made flourless chocolate tortes, meringues topped...

A Twitter hashtag campaign launched by Hamas on Friday to build support in the West seems to be backfiring with users mocking the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza. Hamas launched (hashtag)AskHamas on Friday. The campaign promised responses from...

A Twitter hashtag campaign launched by Hamas on Friday to build support in the West seems to be backfiring with users mocking the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza.
Hamas launched #AskHamas on Friday. The campaign promised responses from the...

Sundown on Monday evening, April 14, marks the first night this year of Passover, the eight-day celebration of the Jewish people's freedom from bondage in ancient Egypt. Tradition holds that the holiday is observed with a Seder, from the Hebrew word for...

Reyna Simnegar's Persian father-in-law flatly refuses to use a knife along with his fork when eating meat. It's a fork and spoon when one is dining in the Persian style, so that meat had better be tender, reports the author of the Sephardic kosher...

Haroset, a blend of fruit, nuts and wine, is probably the most popular food of the eight-day holiday of Passover, which begins on Monday night.
For the Seder, the feast commemorating the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt, haroset is spooned onto the Seder...

The Passover Seder offers a ritualized retelling of how the Israelites were delivered from bondage in Egypt. Even today, more than 3,000 years later, it's quite a story.
There's also quite a story behind a new kosher cookbook, "Persian Food from the...

I've always loved Passover, ever since I was a little girl. Long before I understood it as the Festival of Freedom that celebrates the ancient Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt, to me it was the holiday of difference. Indeed, it was — and still...

Alain Cohen holds out a gorgeous spiral-shaped loaf of challah, the color of cherry wood. On the top of the bread is a graceful open hand made of dough. Cohen and his baker, Yuri Amsellen, have been experimenting again. From the crowded kitchen of...

The Jewish New Year, which begins on Sept. 8 this year at sundown, is one of the most important occasions on the Jewish calendar. And a central part of its observance is the Rosh Hashana dinner, which emphasizes sweet foods in hopeful anticipation of a...

How many great desserts can you think of that aren't made with flour, baking powder or even dairy products?
The answer is: However many great desserts a Jewish kosher cook can serve for Passover meals while still following the dietary laws for this...

The Passover seder can seem challenging for plant-based souls. One possible answer is quinoa. Though most consider it a grain, quinoa is actually kin to spinach, with which it pairs beautifully.Best of all, most rabbis have deemed it suitable for...

Passover preparation can be an arduous task. You clean the house, get rid of leavened foods, bring out the right china, cook a Seder dinner — and shop for kosher wine.
"Jews are required to drink wine on Passover, even if they don't like wine and...

Rabbi Israel S. Dresner was gripped with fear when an angry mob surrounded the house where he'd gone to meet the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
It was 1962, and Dresner was with King in Albany, Ga., to organize and demonstrate against civil rights abuses...